LIBRETTOS
record 7
Do you have a story too?
Yes.
An encounter?
Yes.
Is this also an encounter of sorts?
Yes.
Were you still a child?
Yes.
9-10 years old?
Yes.
Was it a bright day? Sunshine?
Yes, yes.
Spring? Clear air?
Yes.
Spring exhaustion?
Yes.
Were you walking back from school?
Yes.
Always along the same route?
Yes.
Did you cross the street at the same spot?
Yes.
Where there was no traffic light?
Yes.
Where it took less time?
Yes.
Looking around? Looking around?
Yes.
Left? Right?
Yes, yes.
To make sure?
Yes.
Did you look around that day, too?
Yes, yes.
Do you remember? Do you remember?
Yes.
The people in the bus stop across the street?
Yes.
Did you start to cross the street?
Yes.
And when you were in the middle, suddenly? Suddenly?
Yes.
A car appeared out of the blue?
Yes.
Fast? At high speed?
Yes, yes.
Veering round about you?
Yes.
In a sudden, tight curve?
Yes.
Did it race on?
Yes.
Did the people cry out?
Yes.
Worried?
Yes.
Because of you? For you?
Yes.
Was it strange?
Yes.
Are you sure, sure you remember?
Yes, yes.
Looking around carefully?
Yes, yes.
Was there no sight of a car?
No.
You didn’t understand?
No.
Did the car just appear?
Yes.
Out of the blue? Out of the blue?
Yes, yes.
Was it strange?
Yes.
The screeching brakes?
Yes.
The rapid response?
Yes.
The skilled driver?
Yes.
Was it fateful?
Yes.
Did you understand?
Yes.
That sometimes you don’t see what is there?
Yes.
That sometimes you see things that are not there?
Yes.
And did you understand?
Yes.
That the experience, the experience?
Yes.
That it shapes your life?
